Can anyone explain why cloud hosting is so expensive? I can get i7 quad core wit...

SergeyHack · on April 15, 2011

Could you share where you get these prices?

mike_esspe · on April 15, 2011

Hetzner: http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/eq4 (you should be outside of eurozone to get -19% VAT from the price)

Server4you: http://server4you.net/root-server/ (haven't tested them yet)

SergeyHack · on April 15, 2011

Thanks.

BTW, server4you have a lot of horrible stories. Hetzner reviews are better, but it's important to understand that this deal hardware is of "desktop quality" and not as reliable as "standard server" one. And it is in Germany.

mike_esspe · on April 15, 2011

Brand servers won't get you reliability, only failover and replication will :)

In US servers are a bit more expensive, but you can get similar configuration for around $100/month (e.g. burstnet)

SergeyHack · on April 15, 2011

In fact I think so too. But I suppose there are some cases for some people when the brand hardware would be better.